A hard-charging Joan Mir found himself devoid of luck again, unable to avoid the fallen bike of another rider. Aleix Espargaro completed the Dutch GP and leaves with valuable insight for the Test Team. The weekend in the Netherlands continued to be a one of pr View this email in your browser   Race Report Sunday, Jun 29th 2025   Dutch TT MotoGP 2025   Round 10 Honda HRC Castrol target comeback after precarious Assen weekend A hard-charging Joan Mir found himself devoid of luck again, unable to avoid the fallen bike of another rider. Aleix Espargaro completed the Dutch GP and leaves with valuable insight for the Test Team. The weekend in the Netherlands continued to be a one of promise masked by complications and external factors for the Honda HRC Castrol team. Joan Mir was able to make another strong start from 13th on the grid, able to join the battle for the top ten by just the third lap. Lapping at a similar pace to the race leaders, the #36 closed down the gap to Quartararo and the group ahead. Unfortunately, a high side from Fermin Aldeguer just ahead would result in Mir being unable to avoid Aldegeur's stricken Ducati, ending Mir's race with a heavy fall. The 2020 World Champion will return home for further checks after being cleared of any major injuries at the circuit medical centre. Aleix Espargaro's 26-lap Dutch Grand Prix followed a similar schedule to his Dutch GP Sprint. Starting well, the Honda HRC Test Rider found himself quickly in the point scoring positions and worked to defend himself from several other riders. As in the Sprint, the #41 had to shift his attentions to riding around the vibrations from his machine and crossed the line in 16th place as a result, just shy of the points. Although the final results were not as he wished, more seat time will only benefit him and Honda HRC in the future. After an intense pair of races, Honda HRC Castrol will now have a brief period of rest before another set of back-to-back races in Germany and at the returning Brno Circuit. Both Grands Prix will be key for Honda HRC to find their early season form and continue progressing. Brno will host a test ahead of the German GP where Luca Marini will assess his physical condition after his heavy fall in Suzuka. Aleix Espargaro  41 16th  "For me it was a much more complicated race than I thought it would be in all honesty. We had a lot of vibrations throughout the whole race, and I was running wide a lot, and I had to focus on finishing the race. I know that I can do more, you can see that Mir and Zarco are able to accomplish some good results. We need to work on improving this vibration so that the other riders can focus on going as fast as possible. It's good to have this weekend under our belt, some good information to take back to my job as a tester." Joan Mir  36 DNF  "First of all, I am happy that Fermin is okay because he took a big fall and when you fall like that in the track – it's complicated. I was really happy with how my race had started, my lap times were close to the guys at the top and I was gaining on the groups in front. I couldn't do anything to avoid the crash unfortunately. It was a big hit also for me, I'm in quite a lot of pain so I'll return home and check my condition in a few days." Dutch GP - Race Results Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 25 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 40'14.072 2 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA 20 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 0.635 3 Bagnaia Francesco 63 ITA 16 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 2.666 4 Acosta Pedro 37 SPA 13 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 6.084 5 Vinales Maverick 25 SPA 11 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 10.124 6 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 10 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 12.163 7 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 9 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 18.896 8 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 8 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 20.295 9 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 7 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 23.687 10 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 6 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 23.743 11 Binder Brad 33 RSA 5 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 24.251 12 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 4 LCR Honda Honda 24.875 13 Rins Alex 42 SPA 3 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 24.882 14 Miller Jack 43 AUS 2 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 25.065 15 Chantra Somkiat 35 THA 1 LCR Honda Honda 49.219 16 Espargaro Aleix 41 SPA 0 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 49.360 17 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR DNF Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha DNF 18 Marquez Alex 73 SPA DNF Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati DNF 19 Aldegeur Fermin 54 SPA DNF Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati DNF 20 Mir Joan 36 SPA DNF Honda HRC Castrol Honda DNF 21 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA DNF Aprilia Racing Aprilia DNF 22 Ogura Ai 79 JPN DNF Trackhouse Racing Aprilia DNF Rider Standings Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor 1 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 307 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 2 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 239 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 3 Bagnaia Francesco 63 ITA 181 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 4 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 139 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 5 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 136 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 6 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA 121 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 7 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 101 LCR Honda Honda 8 Acosta Pedro 37 SPA 98 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 9 Aldegeur Fermin 54 SPA 81 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 10 Vinales Maverick 25 SPA 69 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 11 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 67 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 12 Ogura Ai 79 JPN 49 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 13 Binder Brad 33 RSA 47 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 14 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 44 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 15 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 42 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 16 Marini Luca 10 ITA 38 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 17 Rins Alex 42 SPA 35 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 18 Miller Jack 43 AUS 33 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 19 Mir Joan 36 SPA 32 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 20 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN 10 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 21 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA 8 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 22 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 6 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 23 Fernandez Augusto 7 SPA 6 Yamaha Test Team Yamaha 24 Chantra Somkiat 35 THA 1 LCR Honda Honda Team Standings Pos. Team Points 1 Ducati Lenovo Team 488 2 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP 320 3 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team 275 4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 145 5 Aprilia Racing 129 6 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 111 7 LCR Honda 102 8 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 102 9 Trackhouse Racing 93 10 Honda HRC Castrol 80 11 Prima Pramac Yamaha 39 12 Yamaha Test Team 6 Constructor Standings Pos. Team Points 1 Ducati 356 2 Aprilia 145 3 KTM 137 4 Honda 128 5 Yamaha 98 Copyright Free Images For editorial use only, click here to download images. Location Information Assen is the only venue to have held a round of the Motorcycle World Championship every year since its creation in 1949. The circuit was purpose built for the Dutch TT in 1955, with previous events having been held on public roads. The track is narrow, with rapid changes in… read more. Length 4.542 kilometres / 2.822 miles Width 14 metres Left corners 6 Right corners 12 Longest straight 0.487 kilometres / 0.303 miles Constructed 1955 Modified 2012 Circuit Records Pole Position 1m 30.540s (180.5km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2024) Race Lap 1m 31.866s (177.9km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2024) Race Time 40m 07.214s (176.6km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2024) 2025 Race Winner Marc Marquez (Ducati) 2025 Sprint Winner Marc Marquez (Ducati) TT Circuit Assen, De Haar, Assen, The Netherlands –  View in Google Maps www.ttcircuit.com You are receiving this email because you have registered your interest with Honda Racing Corporation If you no longer want to receive emails from Honda HRC Castrol, please click here to unsubscribe .